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Rich Bagger heads Pfizer’s Worldwide Public Affairs and Policy with responsibility for public policy development, government relations, communications, media, philanthropy and stakeholder advocacy. Prior to joining Pfizer in 1993, Mr. Bagger was Assistant General Counsel of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey and previously practiced law with the firm of McCarter and English.
Mr. Bagger served in both houses of the New Jersey legislature. He was elected to the New Jersey Senate in 2001 and served there until 2003. Before that, he served for 10 years in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he was Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and was elected by his colleagues to be Majority Conference Leader.
Prior to his election to the New Jersey Legislature, Mr. Bagger served as a Councilman and Mayor of Westfield, New Jersey. He also worked as a Legislative Aide in the New Jersey General Assembly and the United States House of Representatives.
Mr. Bagger is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Health Care Institute of New Jersey, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the New Jersey Network Foundation, the American Council of Young Political Leaders, the Citizens Budget Commission of New York and the Westfield United Way.
Mr. Bagger received an A.B. from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a J.D. from Rutgers University Law School. | 